Penn State men’s basketball 7′-0″, 250 pound, sophomore forward, Ivan Juric is on pace to break Penn State’s record of consecutive double-doubles in a single season.
This particular statistic started to be measured during the 1976-1977 season.
So far this year, the Croatian has registered four, consecutive double-doubles. The first being against Canisius when he tallied 14 points and 15 rebounds. Then against Chattanooga scoring 15 points, 10 rebounds. Last Sunday evening against Pitt, Juric scored 16 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and then last night against Mercyhurst he poured in 20 points and hauled in 15 rebounds.
The Penn State men’s basketball consecutive double-double record is currently held by former Nittany Lion standout, John Amaechi (1992-1995), owning seven consecutive double-doubles.
Amaechi in the 1994-1995 season had a double-double against Texas Tech on Dec. 28, Richmond Dec. 29, Minnesota January 4, Michigan January 8, Ohio State January 14, Indiana January 18 and against Northwestern on January 21. He finished the 1994-95 season with a total of 17 double-doubles.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Amaechi also currently holds the Penn State record of having the most career double-doubles with 38.
Juric had two double-doubles last season with one being at Ohio State on January 26 when he scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and the other was at No. 9 Nebraska when he scored 13 points and snagged 10 rebounds on February 21. So Juric has a total of six double-doubles at this point in his young Penn State career.
To see if the 7-foot Croatian ties or breaks the consecutive, double-double record, Penn State’s next four games are against New Haven at home on Sunday, November 15, home against IU Indy on Wednesday, November 18, and then two games away at the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament in the Bahamas against Memphis on Wednesday, November 25 and then either against Mississippi State or Wake Forest on Friday, November 27.
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